2014 PIFL season

January 2025 2014 Professional Indoor Football League season Professional Indoor Football League Indoor American football March 29, 2013 – July 12, 2013 Warren Smith (Trenton) Playoffs American Conference Nashville Venom Columbus Lions National Conference Lehigh Valley Steelhawks Trenton Freedom PIFL Cup III Nashville Venom Lehigh Valley Steelhawks Charles McCullum (Nashville) PIFL 2013 PIFL season 2013 2015 PIFL season 2015 The 2014 Professional Indoor Football League season was the third season of the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The regular season began March 29, 2014, and ended on June 28, 2014. Each team played a 12-game schedule. The top 2 teams in each conference advanced to the playoffs that began on July 5. The final was played July 12, with the Nashville Venom defeating the Lehigh Valley Steelhawks to win their first league championship.http://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2014/07/13/nashville-venom-lehigh-valley-steelhawks-pifl-indoor-football-championship/12590845/ Nashville Venom win first indoor football title Lauren Moore July 13, 2014 The Tennessean www.tennessean.com July 14, 2014 Pre-season The Harrisburg Stampede joined the league, after playing two seasons in American Indoor Football.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4686568 Harrisburg Stampedes into the PIFL September 25, 2013 OurSports Central www.oursportscentral.com September 25, 2013 The Nashville Venom and the Trenton Freedom joined the league as expansion members.http://nashvillepost.com/blogs/postsports/2013/11/9/indoor_football_set_to_return_to_nashville Indoor football set to return to Nashville J. R. Lind November 9, 2013 SouthComm Inc. www.nashvillepost.com July 15, 2014 December 30, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233204/http://nashvillepost.com/blogs/postsports/2013/11/9/indoor_football_set_to_return_to_nashville dead http://www.trentonian.com/sports/20130920/trenton-freedom-join-pifl Trenton Freedom join PIFL September 20, 2013 New Jersey On-Line LLC www.nj.com July 15, 2014 With complications surrounding the Albany Panthers franchise for the 2014 season, the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) introduced the Fire to replace the Panthers for the 2014 season. With the league running the team, PIFL Executive Director, Jeff Ganos was named the franchise's general manager and Cosmo DeMatteo was named the team's innaurgal head coach on February 27, 2014.http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4745034 DeMatteo and Gonos to Lead Fire February 27, 2014 OurSports Central www.oursportscentral.com July 15, 2014 Regular season Playoffs 1 Nashville 43 2 Columbus 39 1 Trenton 38 2 Lehigh Valley 49 A1 Nashville 64 N2 Lehigh Valley 43 Venom Sink Their Fangs Into First Ever Championship http://www.proifl.com/news/852-venom-sink-their-fangs-into-first-ever-championship.html Matthew Hester July 12, 2014 Professional Indoor Football League www.proifl.com July 15, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140718003749/http://www.proifl.com/news/852-venom-sink-their-fangs-into-first-ever-championship.html July 18, 2014 dead mdy-all Awards Most Valuable Player - Warren Smith, Trenton Freedom Offensive Player of the Year - Phillip Barnett, Nashville Venom Defensive Player of the Year - Devin Jones, Richmond Raiders Offensive Rookie of the Year - Roger Jackson, Trenton Freedom Defensive Rookie of the Year - Devin Jones, Richmond Raiders Special Teams Player of the Year - Dwayne Hollis, Lehigh Valley Steelhawks Coach of the Year - Billy Back, Nashville Venom References 30em Category:2014 Professional Indoor Football League season